WE DON’T WANT TO CLEAN YOUR MESS;WE JUST WANT TO LIVE OUR DREAMS - Bangladesh
WE DON’T WANT TO CLEAN YOUR MESS;
WE JUST WANT TO LIVE OUR DREAMS
By Faizul Khan Tanim
A growing number of organisations and individuals are calling for a movement, set against the backdrop of the political and social upheaval that confronts the country at the moment. Socially conscious citizens and groups are trying to unite young people against a carefully orchestrated move aimed at unhinging the democratic entity.
I could not help myself but join to see one such youth movement on December 16, in front of Words n Pages bookshop in Gulshan-2. The banner under which they were hosting a musical program, clearly read: We don’t want to clean your mess; we just want to live our dreams. This line motivated the people to stop and ask a few questions.
It needs to be mentioned that, recently, this bookshop has begun a move to become an ideal ground for young people to discuss about social problems and political anomalies.
Although the people present were not too many, the united belief within the rally was that, it manifested the sentiment shared by most young people of the country.
Convenor of the movement Rupsha Iqbal and her associates commented, ‘we are not associated with any political organization; in truth we are not an organisation but a realisation of the suppressed desires of the young and, we encourage them to speak their mind.
Rupsha Iqbal said that those who live and choose to live in this country have no choice but to clean up after the rulers, who, infatuated with power, trigger social fiascos. ‘We do not want to clean up their mess! We did not want to spend the past 35 years this way and that is not how we want to spend the rest of our lives; we want the government to do their duty and ensure proper healthcare for all, to fix the education system and to work for spreading education to every corner of Bangladesh.’
WE JUST WANT TO LIVE OUR DREAMS
By Faizul Khan Tanim
A growing number of organisations and individuals are calling for a movement, set against the backdrop of the political and social upheaval that confronts the country at the moment. Socially conscious citizens and groups are trying to unite young people against a carefully orchestrated move aimed at unhinging the democratic entity.
I could not help myself but join to see one such youth movement on December 16, in front of Words n Pages bookshop in Gulshan-2. The banner under which they were hosting a musical program, clearly read: We don’t want to clean your mess; we just want to live our dreams. This line motivated the people to stop and ask a few questions.
It needs to be mentioned that, recently, this bookshop has begun a move to become an ideal ground for young people to discuss about social problems and political anomalies.
Although the people present were not too many, the united belief within the rally was that, it manifested the sentiment shared by most young people of the country.
Convenor of the movement Rupsha Iqbal and her associates commented, ‘we are not associated with any political organization; in truth we are not an organisation but a realisation of the suppressed desires of the young and, we encourage them to speak their mind.
Rupsha Iqbal said that those who live and choose to live in this country have no choice but to clean up after the rulers, who, infatuated with power, trigger social fiascos. ‘We do not want to clean up their mess! We did not want to spend the past 35 years this way and that is not how we want to spend the rest of our lives; we want the government to do their duty and ensure proper healthcare for all, to fix the education system and to work for spreading education to every corner of Bangladesh.’
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